Adivasis demand ₹517 crore as part of rehabilitation package in state budget

THE Adivasi People's Parliament has urged the state government to allocate ₹15 lakh and five acres land to each of the 3,418 tribal families as part of rehabilitation package in the upcoming state budget.

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The Adivasis People's Parliament, citing Prof Muzafar Assadi Committee's 34 recommendations, urged the state government to take a decision to give a decent life to the families by allocating ₹517 crore in the budget as a rehabilitation package besides allotting 17,090 acres land, preferably forest land on the border of Nagarahole national park.

It also recalled that the High Court panel had recommended starting a Tribal University and environmentalist Yellappa Reddy recommended that a Tribal and Forestry University be started in Hunsur Kalbetta area which is a centre point close to Kodagu, Mysuru, Hassan and Chamarajanagar districts.